Christmas Eve 2013

Aaron and Stefani are flying to Texas on Christmas morning.
We unwrapped gifts on Christmas Eve so that we could be together.


Our evening began with a nice meal created by Stefani.

Later we went to the Christmas tree.

Let the fun begin!:

The family gave me a Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet, HD.
They all chipped in on it!

Joe was just as surprised by a new gas grill that was also a family group effort:

I got some very nice things!:

We are blessed.  Merry Christmas everyone!!

Family Christmas Party (2013)

For me it's not Christmas until the family gets together at Mom and Dads house.
As usual many have no way of attending this, but we always get enough to have fun.



Adults:

Dad told stories about our ancestors.
I am proud of our heritage (both sides):

My brothers:

I have nieces and nephews.
Also great nieces and nephews.
A few of them came.
I also have grand children, but they are out of state.

We had our traditional Chinese food dinner. My favorite is the Orange chicken.
There was also a big chocolate cake.
It was super fun to be with everyone.
Sarah missed because she was home with the flu. Poor girl.
Thank you so much Mom and Dad!